“Belle” Opens Strong…Tells a Tru...

Sometimes when I watch old movies set in centuries past, I often wish I could have witnessed what it was like to live as an aristocrat, wearing fine c... READ MORE

Getting Familiar with His Familia: Meeting His Fam...

The word family can either cause the average person to break out in a huge smile while feeling those warm and tingly reminders of all things safe and ... READ MORE

Pencil Or Marker: Who Gets To Tell The Story of Yo...

I have so much to say to the people that read this blog that it gets hard to know where to start. If I told you that I had been writing to you, the pe... READ MORE

It’s the LaLaLa From Halsted……..

Lit in the afternoon...... READ MORE

Takers, Makers and Shakers

The only problem is....there is no free stuff. At least there is no welfare program that I qualify for, nor have I qualified for, or rather, my inabil... READ MORE

My Birthday: Act Three

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My Birthday: Part Too

Part II or Tracy Renee Jones' emotional conversation with her estranged birth mother.... READ MORE

My Birthday, Part Won.

Our beautiful, poetic and brilliant Tracy Renee Jones Recounts her recent reunion with her birth mother. Get out the tissues...... READ MORE